Samier Amer Foster Care Improvement Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10424.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 186, December 16, 2024, Page H7229):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends part E of the Title IX of the Social Security Act to requrie States to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  374 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10424, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10424

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 29, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5e59e77078d73b0afdc786bdab8bae489fbdf2bccfc3707de12c603d90e4997e

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 29, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10424, last updated January 29, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.